Bishop, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 63.1°F in Bishop, CA, the warmest May since 2025, tied 36th warmest of 82 (with 2016, 2005 and 2003).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 63.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 36th warmest of 82
Precipitation: 0.32 in; Wettest since 2019; 24th wettest of 83

A normal May in Bishop, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.6°F, between 57.8°F and 66.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.08 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.59 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Bishop, CA since 1944: 63.1°F in 2026; the highest is 68.6°F, in 2009.

Normal range, 57.8 to 66.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Bishop, CA from 1944 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	63.1	36	82.7	32	43.5	48	0.32	24	0
2025	64.4	21	84.4	15	44.4	36	0.03	52	0
2024	64.2	24	83.9	19	44.5	34	trace	61	0
2023	62.7	48	81.7	43	43.7	47	trace	61	0
2022	63	40	83.2	27	42.8	60	0.00	78	0
2021	65.5	12	85.1	12	46	14	trace	61	0
2020	67.1	4	87.5	5	46.7	9	trace	61	0
2019	58.7	71	75	76	42.4	64	0.89	6	0
2018	64.3	23	81.6	44	47	6	0.27	26	0
2017	63.5	33	82.2	37	44.7	29	0.35	19	0
2016	63.1	36	80.3	53	46	14	0.34	21	0
2015	62.2	52	79	64	45.4	24	1.39	1	0
2014	64.6	15	84.4	15	44.7	29	0.24	30	0
2013	64.6	15	83.3	25	46	14	0.47	17	0
2012	64.5	20	84.5	14	44.4	36	trace	61	0
2011	58	74	76.9	70	39.1	79	0.06	48	0
2010	56	79	75.6	74	36.4	81	trace	61	0
2009	68.6	1	87.7	4	49.4	1	0.12	36	0
2008	60.9	63	78.6	66	43.1	55	0.15	35	0
2007	64.4	21	84.8	13	44.1	42	0.00	78	0
2006	64.6	15	83.9	19	45.3	25	0.08	42	0
2005	63.1	36	81.9	41	44.3	39	0.25	28	0
2004	63.7	30	83.6	24	43.8	45	trace	61	0
2003	63.1	36	82.9	30	43.2	53	trace	61	0
2002	62.9	43	82.6	33	43.3	51	0.00	78	0
2001	68.4	3	88.6	2	48.1	3	0.12	36	0
2000	66.2	9	85.8	8	46.7	9	trace	61	0
1999	62.9	43	81.3	46	44.4	36	0.08	42	0
1998	54	82	71.8	82	36.3	82	0.57	14	0
1997	66.3	8	86.4	6	46.1	13	0.01	58	0
1996	63.7	30	81.9	41	45.5	22	0.02	53	0
1995	57.7	76	73.8	79	41.6	72	0.72	11	0
1994	62.3	50	80.5	50	44.2	41	0.54	15	0
1993	64.1	27	82.2	37	46	14	0.04	51	0
1992	66.5	7	85.9	7	47.2	5	0.06	48	0
1991	57.8	75	74.9	77	40.7	75	trace	61	0
1990	61.2	59	79.4	63	43.1	55	0.21	31	0
1989	62.9	43	80	57	45.9	18	1.04	4	0
1988	61.1	61	80.5	50	41.7	70	0.12	36	0
1987	62.2	52	80.4	52	44	43	0.54	15	0
1986	62.8	47	83.3	25	42.2	67	trace	61	0
1985	62.5	49	82.6	33	42.5	62	0.00	78	0
1984	68.5	2	88.9	1	48.2	2	trace	61	0
1983	61	62	80.6	49	41.3	74	0.00	78	0
1982	62.2	52	80.2	55	44.3	39	0.08	42	0
1981	63.6	32	80.2	55	47	6	0.88	7	0
1980	57.4	78	74.5	78	40.2	76	0.10	40	0
1979	63.9	28	82.3	36	45.6	21	trace	61	0
1978	60.7	65	79.5	61	41.9	68	0.00	78	0
1977	55.5	80	71.1	83	40	77	0.60	12	0
1976	64.7	14	83.2	27	46.2	12	0.59	13	0
1975	61.6	57	80.3	53	42.9	59	trace	61	0
1974	64.6	15	84	18	45.1	27	0.33	23	0
1973	65.4	13	83.9	19	46.9	8	0.09	41	0
1972	62.9	43	83	29	42.8	60	0.11	39	0
1971	57.5	77	73.3	80	41.7	70	1.04	4	0
1970	64.2	24	83.7	22	44.6	32	trace	61	0
1969	65.6	11	85.3	10	45.9	18	0.27	26	0
1968	63.3	34	82.1	40	44.5	34	0.01	58	0
1967	61.8	56	79.7	58	43.8	45	0.02	53	0
1966	66.7	6	85.5	9	47.8	4	0.18	32	0
1965	59.4	70	76.5	72	42.3	65	0.02	53	0
1964	60	68	77.7	68	42.3	65	0.81	9	0
1963	63	40	81.3	46	44.6	32	0.25	28	0
1962	58.4	72	75.3	75	41.5	73	1.30	2	0
1961	61.5	58	79.6	60	43.3	51	0.02	53	0
1960	63	40	82.9	30	43.1	55	0.01	58	0
1959	60.3	67	78	67	42.5	62	0.18	32	0
1958	64.6	15	84.2	17	45.1	27	0.08	42	0
1957	59.7	69	76.3	73	43.2	53	0.47	17	0
1956	61.2	59	79	64	43.5	48	0.34	21	0
1955	58.2	73	76.8	71	39.5	78	0.88	7	0
1954	66.9	5	87.9	3	45.8	20	0.18	32	0
1953	55.5	80	72.2	81	38.7	80	1.17	3	0
1952	64.2	24	83.7	22	44.7	29	trace	61	0
1951	63.8	29	82.2	37	45.5	22	0.08	42	0
1950	63.2	35	82.5	35	43.9	44	trace	61	0
1949	62.3	50	79.5	61	45.2	26	0.74	10	0
1948	60.8	64	79.7	58	41.9	68	0.32	24	0
1947	65.8	10	85.2	11	46.3	11	0.02	53	0
1946			81.4	45			0.08	42	4
1945	60.5	66	77.6	69	43.5	48	0.35	19	0
1944	62	55	81	48	43.1	55	0.05	50	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2009	68.6
1984	68.5
2001	68.4
2020	67.1
1954	66.9
1966	66.7
1992	66.5
1997	66.3
2000	66.2
1947	65.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1998	54
1977	55.5
1953	55.5
2010	56
1980	57.4
1971	57.5
1995	57.7
1991	57.8
2011	58
1955	58.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	1.39
1962	1.30
1953	1.17
1989	1.04
1971	1.04
2019	0.89
1981	0.88
1955	0.88
1964	0.81
1949	0.74

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.00
2007	0.00
2002	0.00
1985	0.00
1983	0.00
1978	0.00
2024	trace
2023	trace
2021	trace
2020	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 12 May 2026, 11 May 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 19 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.10 in; 28 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 0.32 in of precipitation in Bishop, CA, the wettest May since 2019, tied 24th wettest of 83 (with 1948).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Bishop, CA: 95°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026 and Monday 11 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Bishop, CA: a low of 31°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Bishop, CA: 0.10 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.